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Tarot @ Teatime Episode 24: Completing the Major Arcana
Thursday, January 20th, and we’re pleased to release the latest episode of our popular original series on the Tarot: “Tarot @ Teatime”, on the air Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK.
In Episode 24, Honey and Willow complete their journey through the Major Arcana with a discussion of cards XVII — The Star, XVIII — The Moon, XIX — The Sun, XX- Judgement, and XXI — The World. A sample reading is also presented.
Tarot @ Teatime Episode 23: The Druidcraft Tarot
Thursday, January 7th, and we’re pleased to release the latest episode of our popular original series on the Tarot: “Tarot @ Teatime”, on the air Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK.
In Episode 23, Honey and Willow discuss the Druidcraft Tarot.
Will Worthington created the images for the beautiful Druidcraft Tarot. He is often inspired by the work of the pre-Raphaelite artists, particularly their use of the natural imagery of the British Isles coupled with the Arthurian legends. He painted the images of the Druidcraft Tarot deck using an ancient medium called Egg-Tempera, which is a technique also used by the pre-Raphaelite painters.
Egg-Tempera is created using finely ground pigments mixed with the contents of an egg yolk. The outer skin or membrane of the yolk is punctured and the liquid yolk is drained into a cup, mixed with a few drops of an extending agent such as white vinegar, oil of myrrh, or even water. Then the ground pigment is added. The extending agent keeps the egg-tempura from drying too quickly — otherwise the egg yolk dries immediately upon contact with air. Egg tempera is not a flexible paint and requires stiff boards; painting on flexible media will cause cracks to form and chips of paint to fall off.
Worthington painted the Druidcraft Tarot images on carefully prepared wooden boards painted with layers of gesso, created from finely ground white chalk and animal glue, which were then sanded smooth. Egg-tempera dries quickly, and produces a smooth, rich matte finish when it is dry.
The Druidcraft Tarot, Philip and Stephanie Carr-Gomm (Authors), Will Worthington (Illustrator), St. Martin’s Press, Revised edition (March 2019), ISBN 10: 1250307422
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Tarot @ Teatime Episode 22: More on the Major Arcana
We’re pleased to release the latest episode of our popular original series on the Tarot: “Tarot @ Teatime”, on the air Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK.
Episode 22
In this episode Honey and Willow take a journey through more of the Major Arcana and discuss the history and significance of cards XII The Hanged Man, XIII Death, XIV Temperance, XV The Devil, and XVI The Tower.
Sources mentioned:
Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Centennial Edition
https://www.usgamesinc.com/Smith-Waite-Centennial-Tarot-Deck.html
Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. ISBN 978–0‑91386–608‑5. Available from US Games Systems, Inc. and book sellers everywhere.
https://www.usgamesinc.com/The_Pictorial_Key_to_the_Tarot_Book.html
Caitlin Matthews, Untold Tarot: The lost Art of Reading Ancient Tarots, Shiffer Books (2018), ISBN 978–0‑7643–5561‑5
The Druidcraft Tarot, Philip and Stephanie Carr-Gomm (Authors), Will Worthington (Illustrator), St. Martin’s Press, Revised edition (March 2019), ISBN 10: 1250307422
The Wildwood Tarot, Mark Ryan (Author), John Matthews (Author), Will Worthington (Illustrator), Sterling Ethos (June 2011), ISBN-10: 1402781067
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Tarot @ Teatime Episode 21: Plants in the Tarot
We’re pleased to release the latest episode of our popular original series on the Tarot: “Tarot @ Teatime”, on the air Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK.
Episode 21
In this Episode Honey and Willow discuss some of the plants that are part of the imagery of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck, and explore their symbolic meaning and how they enhance the cards on which they appear.
Sources:
Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. ISBN 978–0‑91386–608‑5. Available from US Games Systems, Inc. and book sellers everywhere.
https://www.usgamesinc.com/The_Pictorial_Key_to_the_Tarot_Book.html
Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Centennial Edition
https://www.usgamesinc.com/Smith-Waite-Centennial-Tarot-Deck.html
Leah Vanderveldt web site:
https://www.leahvanderveldt.com
Tarot @ Teatime Episode 20: Exploring the Major Arcana
We’re pleased to release the latest episode of our popular original series on the Tarot: “Tarot @ Teatime”, on the air Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK.
Episode 20
Using the images of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck, Honey and Willow explore the next six cards of the Major Arcana: VI The Lovers, VII The Chariot, VIII Strength, IX The Hermit, X Wheel of Fortune, and XI Justice. The evolution of the card names and symbolism are discussed, as well as possible interpretations.
Tarot @ Teatime Episode 19: Significators & Reversed Cards
We’re pleased to release the latest episode of our popular original series on the Tarot: “Tarot @ Teatime”, on the air Thursdays and Sundays at noon and 4pm Pacific Time/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK.
In Episode 19, Willow Moonfire and Honey Heart discuss various methods for selecting a significator card for a Tarot reading and also talk about reading reverse cards in a spread — or why one might choose to not read them.
Tarot @ Teatime — Second Live Show Today!
Join us today, Friday, October 29th, at Haunted Hollow, Chestnut Hills in Second Life at 3pm Pacific/SLT — 11pm UK time — for a second LIVE edition of our popular original series on the Tarot, Tarot @ Teatime.
In this show, Willow Moonfire and Honey Heart will talk about cards in the Tarot that offer us a gateway from where we are now to somewhere new… perhaps a place we’d like to be.
Join Honey and Willow in the ground floor of the Magick Shoppe off the square in Haunted Hollow, on the Chestnut Hills region of Second Life — or tune in to Virtual Community Radio!
Tarot @ Teatime, Episode 18: The Major Arcana Part 1
It’s Thursday, October 28th and time for another new episode in our popular original series, “Tarot @ Tea Time”. Tune in at 12 noon or 4pm Pacific/Second Life Time — 8pm or midnight in the UK.
In this episode, Honey and Willow discuss the history, imagery, and possible interpretations of the first six cards of the Major Arcana. 0 The Fool, I The Magician, II The High Priestess, III The Empress, IV The Emperor, and V The Hierophant.
Tarot @ Teatime — Live Today!
Join us on Friday, October 22nd, at Haunted Hollow, Chestnut Hills in Second Life at 11am Pacific/SLT — that’s 7pm in the UK — for a special live edition of our popular original series on the Tarot, Tarot @ Teatime.
The show will focus on the “Creepy” cards of the Tarot — the ones that make most people squirm with alarm when they are laid in a spread — and (hopefully) ameliorate their scary factor.
Join Honey Heart and Willow Moonfire in the ground floor of the Magickal Shoppe off the square in Haunted Hollow, on the Chestnut Hills region of Second Life.
Tarot @ Teatime, Episode 17: Tarot History
It’s Thursday, October 14th and time for another new episode in our popular original series, “Tarot @ Tea Time”.
In Episode 17, Honey and Willow explore the fascinating 600 year history of the Tarot. They discuss significant places, people, and dates as well as when occult systems such as astrology, Kabbalah, Egyptian mythology, and alchemy came to be associated with Tarot.